According to Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, the Camp Nou outfit are weighing up a move for Vertonghen to boost their defensive options should they fail to land their number one target, Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos, this summer.

Vertonghen’s future at White Hart Lane has been uncertain for some time with the Belgium international’s agent, Mustapha Nakhli, recently admitting that ‘several teams’ had enquired about the 27-year-old.

Vertonghen moved to Spurs from Ajax in the summer of 2012 and experienced a fine debut season in England.

The defender still has two years left to run on his existing deal at Tottenham but has not hidden his desire to play in the Champions League – something he has been unable to do in north London so far.